Let’s talk about stupid questions. Every profession has tricks or jargon that everyone assumes everyone else knows. This goes double for a specialty field like drilling. But, if you missed it — or weren’t ready to hear it — during training, specialty knowledge veers quickly into “too embarrassed to ask” territory.
Think about situations where you see part of a job demonstrated for you. You nod along, focused on the task’s big picture. A specific, but small step gets missed or glossed over. You think you have it, though. What happens when you tackle the task yourself? You run into trouble, but plenty of people just klutz their way through because they don’t want to ask a stupid question.